Introduction I was recently approached by two departments on our campus hoping to use technology in order to improve processes. One was trying to enhance intradepartmental communication between faculty and professional staff. The other department was seeking to offer better customer service by making some changes to their procedures for potential students. In both cases, …
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Jun 01
Faculty Spotlight – Alan Francis
Dr. Alan Francis, Applied Arts & Sciences Changing Content in Online Courses As an online instructor I have found that it is important to change the content in my courses frequently. I believe by making certain changes it will reduce plagiarism on research papers and possible cheating on online exams and quizzes. After a semester …
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May 23
High Definition Video Conferencing
In the fall of 2010, we began the long process of specing and pricing high-definition video conference components for an interactive video classroom installation. We’re mostly a Polycom operation with about 14 total endpoints across 4 campuses, so we leaned heavily towards a Polycom solution at the outset. However, we did consider some Tandberg options, …
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Apr 18
Demo Capture Agent Hardware Configuration
To get more acquainted with Matterhorn, the decision was made to use version 1.0 as a learning and testing ground. The basic configuration was used in the Capture agent. Here are the specifications of the Capture Agent system: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz Ram 4GB Cache size : 6144 KB 220GB of Hard …
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Apr 15
Matterhorn 1.0 and 1.1
There has been a lot of speculation about the release date of version 1.1. With the support for HD webcams, the 1.1 version of Matterhorn turns out to be the the perfect pick for the school like Texas A&M University-Commerce. Although the 1.0 and 1.1 has huge difference in interface and functionality, we figured out the …
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